 
CHAMELEON
36" Wide Format Scanners
Product
Overview
Scan
Upgradeable from monochrome to color
Photo-realistic vivid colors on PLUS model
Crisp, clear black-and-white scanning
Thick originals - up to 0.6"
USB Plug and Play connectivity
All-Wheel-Drive with contour adjustment
3C Automatic Maintenance System
Copy
Color matching to printer & media on PLUS model
Perfect reproduction of grayshades
Free JETimage
BASE software
Built-in calibration - black/white points
Built-in Precision Color calibration (PLUS model)
Available in Plus
model and Basic model with upgrade option (see specifications).
The Contex CHAMELEON
36” wide-format scanners incorporate the latest in imaging technology
for high-quality scanning and copying. The scanner’s 36” imaging area
handles large color posters, architectural sketches, detailed maps,
drawings and fine art. These scanners offer a cost-effective solution for
reprographics, graphic arts, GIS and CAD professionals worldwide.
The CHAMELEON 36”
scanner opens new possibilities for Sign Companies, Pre-press shops, Copy
shops, OP/Exhibit/Display Providers, Mapping, Architect and Engineer
offices.
The CHAMELEON 36” scanners are designed to introduce professionals to
wide format document scanning at a highly affordable price while keeping
their options open. The CHAMELEON 36” represents a safe investment
because, like the reptile, this CHAMELEON can adapt if the need arises.
Features
Upgradeable
from Monochrome to Color
The CHAMELEON 36" scanners come in two models: The CHAMELEON 36
BASIC monochrome scanner and the CHAMELEON 36 PLUS color scanner. The
CHAMELEON 36 BASIC scanners can easily be upgraded to the CHAMELEON 36
PLUS through the Smart Card Upgrade Kit enabling users to gain quality
color scanning capabilities without suffering the heavy cost of a whole
new device. Now small companies get a chance to enjoy wide format document
scanning at a low budget risk with a scanner that can grow with their
business.
Monochrome
Scanning and Copying Superiority
The CHAMELEON 36 BASIC models scan graytones at 12 bits passing on the
best 8 bits to the computer for high grayshade precision. Both CHAMELEON
36 scanner models use an All-Digital camera with on-board digital
conversion ensuring minimum noise and an extended dynamic range.
These scanners support the latest in monochrome scanning technology with
Dual 2D-Adaptive enhancement that works simultaneously on foreground,
background, edges and other individual aspects of the original so you
produce clean, crisp scans even from poor quality drawings.
Vivid Colors with
the CHAMELEON 36 PLUS
The high-end CHAMELEON 36 PLUS models pack all the monochrome capabilities
of the CHAMELEON 36 BASIC but can in addition create images in vivid
photo-realistic colors. Color is captured at 36 bits for maximum color
precision, passing the best 24 bits of color data to the computer.
Connect the CHAMELEON 36 PLUS scanner to a 36" large-format color
printer and you get the perfect digital color copier. The scanner's high
precision of details and colors lets you enlarge your creations to full
display sizes without losing quality. Quality color matched fluorescent
lamps ensure the market's highest standards for color correctness.
Care for your
original
The CHAMELEON protects your document and scanning results with the ALL
Wheel Drive document path system. Precision soft-friction rollers and
contour adjustment ensure a straight scan path without applying
unnecessary force so you avoid distortion and damage to your originals.
Precision color
on the CHAMELEON 36 PLUS
Contex color scanners are the markets only wide format scanners that can
be user-calibrated to output color in accordance with international color
standards (NTSC, sRGB color spaces). The unique Precision Color System
lets you calibrate in the field at any time ensuring stabile and
predictable color output.
Automatic Scanner
Maintenance
The CHAMELEON scanner is designed to let you concentrate on your work
and take optimal scanner performance for granted.
The scanner
incorporates the 3C Auto-Maintenance system that keeps your cameras
perfectly aligned, adjusted and calibrated for optimal image quality.
Once the scanner has been fine-tuned, it performs a number of basic tasks
on its own, removing those tedious chores required with other scanner
systems. Using patented Contex technology, camera stitching and
black-white-points are constantly monitored and corrected while your
scanner is running.
One Touch
Scanning
The scanner's operator's panel is designed with convenient
programmable action buttons for initiating frequent tasks directly from
the scanner. Each button immediately activates a scan and opens the image
in an appropriate application and format. The scanner comes with buttons
for scanning, copying and e-mailing loaded originals.
Advanced Power
Management
Running the right internal temperature is of utmost importance with
high quality scanning. The scanner's advanced Power Management rapidly
brings the scanner to its optimal working temperature after which the
temperature is monitored for lowest CCD noise. The system also lets you
program the scanner to power-up automatically in the early morning hours
so that it stands ready to scan when you arrive at the office.
Specifications
Chameleon 36"
Scanner
|
CHAMELEON
36” Series
|
36
BASIC
|
36
PLUS
|
|
Maximum
Resolution (dpi)
|
600
|
800
|
| Variable
resolution setting |
from
50 dpi in one dpi increments
|
X
|
X
|
| Scaled
resolutions |
-
up to 2400 dpi
|
-
|
X
|
| Scan
Speed |
400dpi
Turbo, 24 bit RGB scans
|
-
|
0.05”/s
|
|
400dpi
Turbo, monochrome scans
|
1.1”/s
|
2.2”/s
|
Digital
Image Processing
HW
= Image processing feature embedded in the scanner’s
hardware
|
Dual
2D-Adaptive enhancement process
ADL+ error diffusion halftoning.
2D - Sharpening and Softening.
2D - Blur filter
Color Feature Extraction
2D - Adaptive Thresholding.
|
HW
HW
HW
HW
-
HW
|
H
W
HW
HW
HW
HW
HW
|
| Scan
Modes |
24-bit color
8 bit Feature Extraction/indexed color
8-bit graytone with 256 gray levels.
Copy modes with ADL+ Error Diffusion halftoning.
1-bit Black & White line mode
|
-
-
X
X
X
|
X
X
X
X
X
|
| Color
Space
|
NTSC
s RGB
|
-
-
|
X
X
|
|
One
Touch Scanning (scan,
copy, email)
|
X
|
X
|
| 3C
Auto-Maintenance System |
Auto-alignment
to fraction of a pixel
A
uto-stitching to fraction of a pixel
Basic Calibration
Precision Color Calibration
Auto monitoring and correction (stitching, black-and-white
point)
|
X
X
X
-
X
|
X
X
X
X
X
|
| Color
Adjustment
|
3x3
matrix multiplier
Independent RGB
tone curves (Gamma)
Independent black-and-white point setting
|
-
-
-
|
X
X
X
|
| Sensors |
Double
tri-linear color CCD
21.360 pixels (RGB triplets)
36 bits of color data capture.
12 bits of graytone data capture
All digital camera
s
|
X
X
-
X
X
|
X
X
X
X
X
|
| All-Wheel-Drive
|
C
ontour
Adjustment
Precision Rollers
|
X
X
|
X
X
|
| Advanced
Power Management |
Temperature
Control
Low Power Mode
Programmable power up timer
|
X
X
X
|
X
X
X
|
| Scan
Width |
Media
Width: 6.0 to 43" (1092 mm.)
Scan Width: 36"
Inches (914 mm.)
Media Thickness: Up to 0.6” (15mm.)
|
X
X
X
|
X
X
X
|
|
Scan
length
|
Unlimited |
X
|
X
|
| Dimensions |
52.9.3”
wide x 7.3”high x 18.3”deep
(1342
x 185 x 465 m.)
|
X
|
X
|
| Interface
|
USB
1.1
STI support
|
X
X
|
X
X
|
| Light
Source |
Color
matched fluorescent lamps CRI>95
|
X
|
X
|
| Optics |
Torsion
stabilized for portability.
|
X
|
X
|
| Power |
110/220/240V,
60/50 cs, 180W
|
X
|
X
|
Scanner
Maintenance Kit
|
Software,
Maintenance Sheet, Instruction poster (included)
|
X
|
X
|
| Operating
systems |
Windows
98, ME, 2000 with
USB
Windows 98, ME, 2000, NT 4.0/ SCSI
|
X
X
|
X
X
|
| Copy
Software (included) |
JETimage
BASE
|
X
|
X
|
| Copy
Software (Optional) |
JETimage
PRO
|
X
|
X
|
| Scan
Software (Optional) |
WIDEimage
|
X
|
X
|
|
Optional
Thick Media Support Table
|
X
|
X
|
|
Optional
Floor Stand with Document Basket
|
X
|
X
|
|
Ordering
Information
To order call Sharpline Imaging Inc. at (780)
413-9660 in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, call (403) 243-3418 In Calgary
Alberta or Toll Free 1-888-413-9660, fax us at 1-780-440-0819, or e-mail
us at sales@sharplineinc.com
| Description |
P/N
|
List
Price1 |
| Chameleon
36" Basic |
6700D004 |
$ 14,850.00 |
| Upgrade
to Plus |
6799D114 |
$ 2,992.00 |
|
Accessories |
| Floor
Stand |
2200D001 |
$ 1,335.00 |
36"
Scanner Maintenance Kit:
Maintenance CD,
Calibration Sheet, Dust Cover |
6799D112 |
$ 599.00 |
| Calibration
Sheet |
6799D116 |
$ 295.00 |
| SCSI Cable, HD50
Male/HD50 Male, 10’ |
0090B044 |
$ 156.00 |
WIDEImage
Scanning Software:
WIDEimage CD for Windows 98, 2000, ME & NT 4.0 (NT. 4.0 for all
Scanners except Chameleon Scanner Line) |
9691A001 |
$ 1,498.50
|
JETIMAGE
PRO Copy Software:
CD with JETimage PRO Copy Software for Windows 98, 2000, ME &
NT 4.0. (NT. 4.0 for all Scanners except Chameleon Scanner Line) |
9691A005 |
$ 3,750.00
|
¹Suggested Canadian Retail Price.
Prices are subject to change without notice. Prices with only dollar signs
indicate prices are not yet available.
Interface cables must be ordered separately.
Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States. Adobe and
PostScript are U.S. trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. 3M and MCS are
trademarks of 3M Corporation.
Technical information in this document is subject to
change without notice.
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